Courtney's gastric band

Courtney Love admits to wanting a gastric band Courtney Love has admitted to being denied a gastric band by doctors, after the star was keen to go ahead with the procedure. Courtney, who has never exactly been Fern Britton's size and, in fact, probably far too svelte for the...

Courtney Love has admitted to being denied a gastric band by doctors, after the star was keen to go ahead with the procedure. Courtney, who has never exactly been Fern Britton's size and, in fact, probably far too svelte for the operation, has said:

"Baby, if I could get a gastric band I would! I've heard it's a lot of vomiting and a pain in the ass, but it's still easier than a diet.

"I did go to see a Hollywood doctor about it. I wasn't desperate, I just knew I had to do something. He said no.

"I might have been fat, but I wasn't that fat. I tried lipo on my stomach after that. It was horrible and it didn't work."

The former Hole singer also spoke about rumours that she was romantically linked to lothario Russell Brand by adding:

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